Overview
- SNL’s cold open featured Amy Poehler as Attorney General Pam Bondi and Tina Fey as Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, lampooning Bondi’s Senate testimony and a mock ICE recruitment push.
- Bondi responded on X by sharing a screenshot of the sketch, tagging Noem and writing, “@Sec_Noem, should we recreate this picture in Chicago? Loving Amy Poehler!”
- The Department of Homeland Security posted, “Thanks for the free advertisement, @NBCSNL,” sharing the clip before cutting to an official montage urging people to “Join. ICE.gov.”
- DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin echoed a line from the sketch about the shutdown, saying in a statement, “SNL is absolutely right — the Democrats’ shutdown does need to end!”
- Reactions split across media, with The View’s Ana Navarro calling Bondi’s posture “shameful” for the DOJ’s credibility, while others framed the officials’ responses as a tactical way to defuse the satire.